DEXTER -- Keeping the ball in the air and off their side of the floor is priority No. 1.

Whether it was from diving, digs from inches off the ground or one-handed tips the Dexter Lady Bearcats' defense led the way in their straight set win over the Poplar Bluff Lady Mules on Thursday night.

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